General Von Steuben

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    As to the rout that is made about people who are ruined by extravagance, it is no matter to the nation that some individuals suffer. When so much general productive exertion is the consequence of luxury, the nation does not care though there are debtors in gaol; nay, they would not care though their creditors were there too.
    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    It would not be worth your while to reach the age of seventy if all the wisdom of the world were to be foolishness before God.
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)